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2017 Newsletters

e-Agriculture Newsletter. July, 2017
FOCUS ON WORLD SUMMIT ON INFORMATION SOCIETY FORUM (WSIS) 2017 IN REVIEW The curtain of this year's World Summit on Information Society Forum (WSIS Forum) came down on the 16th of June 2017. The WSIS Forum, was co-organized by International Telecommunication Union (ITU), United Nations Development...
Issued on 11.12.2018
e-Agriculture Newsletter June, 2017
FOCUS ON e-FORUM ON ICTs AND OPEN DATA IN AGRICULTURE & NUTRITION and e-FORUM DISCUSSION ON THE AGRICULTURE OPEN DATA PACKAGE In the month of June and July, the e-Agriculture platform will host two forum discussions, the first is the ‘ e-forum on ICTs and Open Data in Agriculture and Nutrition...
Issued on 07.09.2018
e-Agriculture Newsletter May, 2017
FOCUS ON SOMALIA'S WATER SOURCES LIVEMAP Somalia has a predominantly arid and semi-arid climate, and water demands for domestic use, livestock and irrigated agriculture are met from both surface and ground water sources. The FAO Somalia Water and Land Information Management System ( SWALIM ) uses...
Issued on 11.12.2018
e-Agriculture Newsletter.April, 2017
FOCUS ON E-AGRICULTURE CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT ACTIVITIES The use of ICTs in agriculture continues to grow although it is hard to keep pace with new technologies and innovations. The e-Agriculture Community of Practice (COP) has held online forum discussions close to a decade now, and members of the...
Issued on 07.09.2018
e-Agriculture Newsletter.March, 2017
e-AGRICULTURE PLATFORM CELEBRATES 10 YEARS Dear Reader, The month of February marked the 10th year anniversary of the e-Agriculture Platform . The platform was launched in 2007 by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations and 13 founding partners . Thus, the e-Agriculture platform...
Issued on 07.09.2018